#B59DE2#B59DE2

#B59DE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59DE2
RGB	rgb(181, 157, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 22.59, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 38.90, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0503 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.101 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8375, 39.4285, 77.1851)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59DE2 #CAE29D

analogous

#9DA7E2 #B59DE2 #D89DE2

triadic

#B59DE2 #E2B59D #9DE2B5

tetradic

#B59DE2 #E29DA7 #CAE29D #9DE2D8

square

#B59DE2 #E29DA7 #CAE29D #9DE2D8

split-complementary

#B59DE2 #E2D89D #A7E29D

monochromatic

#6E3FC6 #916ED4 #B59DE2 #D9CCF0 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B59DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B59DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59DE2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59DE2	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 157, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbaeb',
    500: '#b59de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59de2;
$custom-light: #ccbaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74208,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59DE2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C2248B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59DE2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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